Description
CAPTURE the CHARACTER through ANIMAL PORTRAITURE
Instructor: Jessi Sevy
May 6, 13, 20
10am to 2pm
$60 Members, $120 Non-members
Have you wanted to capture the personality of your furry friend, or paint the majesty of a wild animal? In this series, you’ll learn techniques to translate their unique character, using your choice of acrylics or oils.
You will be guided through the painting process, from starting a painting all the way to finishing it, in Alla Prima style. Essential concepts of representational painting will be introduced and reinforced throughout your practice. Each week, we will learn different concepts, including various sketching approaches, the wipe-out method, and trying bold and brave free-form painting. We will primarily focus on how to paint your chosen animal (other subject matter can be explored if you choose). Demonstrations will be done in oil, but techniques can be adapted to acrylics.
Artist Bio Jessi studied drawing at an atelier in her teenage years. She attended art schools in Paris and the United States. Upon graduating from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, she worked as a 3D computer graphic artist on commercials, games, and motion pictures. In 2006, Jessi moved to Oregon with her family and has been focusing on painting ever since. For more information on Jessi’s work, please visit her website at https://www.jesartstudio.com/
SUPPLY LIST
- Reference materials High Res printed images or digital images on tablet.
- Painting Surface Canvas/panel suitable for oil or acrylic medium (no smaller than 8” on the short side), one canvas per week.
- Paint Your choice of oils (traditional or water-soluble) or acrylics (traditional or slow-dry, such as Golden Open Acrylics).
Colors include, but are not limited to:
- Yellow Ochre
- Ultramarine Blue
- Red
- Raw Umber
- Alizarin Crimson
- Ivory Black
- Titanium White
- Brushes Different sizes suitable for oils or acrylics (your choice of medium)
- Painting Palette
- For oils: Glass palette is preferred for effortless cleanup.
- For acrylics: Paper palette or palette of choice. A Glass palette is also great (you can peel the dry paint away).
- Painting mediums
- For oils: Linseed or walnut oil, (or other suitable painting mediums).
- Odorless Solvent: Gamsol or Turpenoid.
- For Acrylics: Water. An option to slow the drying process is to use Golden Open Retarder.
- Sketching
- A colored pencil or colored charcoal pencil (brown or umber color) & an eraser
- Easel Table easel (The guild has some you may borrow)
- Misc:
- Rags or paper towels
- Container for solvents
